7 mars 2014

An unmounted colored diamond. Photo Bonhams. the pear-shape natural fancy light pink diamond, weighing 8.06 carats. Sold for US$ 389,000 (€279,976) Accompanied by a GIA report #1152455680, dated May 22, 2013, stating: natural very light pink, VVS1 clarity. Bonhams. FINE JEWELLERY. 17 Oct 2013, New York - www.bonhams.com

Lot 479. A Famille-Rose 'Dragon' wall vase, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong-Jiaqing Period (1736-1820). Height 7 3/8 in., 18.7 cm. Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 USD. Lot sold 81,250 USD. Photo Sotheby's. of flat-backed lobed baluster form rising to a flaring neck, brightly enameled to the front face with two confronting gilt-decorated dragons contesting a 'flaming pearl' above waves, and separated by a five-character couplet reading wu yuan ying xiao ri, the neck decorated with three bats in flight, all amongst cloud... [Lire la suite]

A natural fancy colored diamond necklace comprised of 117.42 carats of fancy colored diamonds and suspending an 8.5 carat diamond drop. (Via Diamonds in the Library)

Lot 478. A wucai 'Dragon and Phoenix' bowl, Qianlong seal mark and period. Diameter 6 1/8 in., 15.5 cm. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 USD. Unsold. Photo Sotheby's. the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to an everted rim, brightly painted and enameled around the exterior with a green and red dragon in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl', divided by phoenix in flight and reserved on a dense leafy scroll ground, all below the bajixiang (Eight Buddhist Emblems) and ruyi band at the rim, the interior with a... [Lire la suite]

Antique Russian brooch in silver and gold with a floral or foliate design in green tourmaline and old-mine and rose-cut diamonds. (Via Diamonds in the Library.)

Antique Russian brooch in silver and gold with an 11.25 carats central sapphire within a design of old-mine & rose-cut diamonds. (Via Diamonds in the Library.)

Lot 474. A blue-glazed stembowl, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735). Diameter 6 in., 15.2 cm. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 USD. Lot sold 46,875 USD. Photo Sotheby's 2014. the wide flared bowl resting on a hollow stem flaring toward the base, covered on the exterior with a deep cobalt-blue glaze stopping neatly under the white rim and just above the foot, the interior of the bowl and stem left white, the latter inscribed with a horizontal six-character mark in underglaze blue.  Provenance: Bluett... [Lire la suite]

Buccellati turquoise and diamond ring in gold (Via Diamonds in the Library)

Lot 445. A copper-red 'Phoenix medallion' bowl, Daoguang seal mark and period (1821-1850). Diameter 5 3/4 in., 14.6 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 17,500 USD. Photo Sotheby's. with rounded sides rising from a straight foot to an everted rim, the exterior decorated with five phoenix roundels, the phoenix with stylized head and their tails curled underneath, with one further roundel in the center of the interior, seal mark in underglaze blue.  Provenance: C.C. Teng & Co., Taipei, 1996. ... [Lire la suite]

Chinese Secret Garden ring by Theo Fennell (Masterwork collection). Engraved yellow and rose gold with diamonds, a 12.53ct green tourmaline, and enamel.(Via Diamonds in the Library)